The interplay of climate change, urbanization, and species traits shapes European butterfly population trends

Pau Colom; Ashley Tejada; Simona Bonelli; Benoit Fontaine; Mikko Kuussaari; Dirk Maes; Xavier Mestdagh; Miguel L. Munguira; Martin Musche; Lars B. Pettersson; David B. Roy; J. Rüdisser; Martina Šašić; Reto Schmucki; Constanti Stefanescu; Nicolas Titeux; Josef Settele; Javier Gordillo; Yolanda Melero

doi:10.1111/geb.70204

The interplay of climate change, urbanization, and species traits shapes European butterfly population trends

Pau Colom
, Ashley Tejada
, Simona Bonelli
, Benoit Fontaine
, Mikko Kuussaari
, Dirk Maes
, Xavier Mestdagh
, Miguel L. Munguira
, Martin Musche
, Lars B. Pettersson
, David B. Roy
, J. Rüdisser
, Martina Šašić
, Reto Schmucki
, Constanti Stefanescu
, Nicolas Titeux
, Josef Settele
, Javier Gordillo
, Yolanda Melero

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Original language	English
Article number	e70204
Journal	Global Ecology and Biogeography
Volume	35
Issue number	2
ISSN	1466-822X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70204
Publication status	Published - 6-Feb-2026

Thematic List 2020

Climate
Flora & fauna

Taxonomic list

butterflies (Lepidoptera)

Policy

Climate policy (inc. Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage)

Geographic list

Europe

Technological

modelling

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Managing the Flemish butterfly database
Maes, D. (Project leader), Soors, J. (Cooperator) & T'Jollyn, F. (Cooperator)
1/01/11 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO

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Colom, P., Tejada, A., Bonelli, S., Fontaine, B., Kuussaari, M., Maes, D., Mestdagh, X., Munguira, M. L., Musche, M., Pettersson, L. B., Roy, D. B., Rüdisser, J., Šašić, M., Schmucki, R., Stefanescu, C., Titeux, N., Settele, J., Gordillo, J., & Melero, Y. (2026). The interplay of climate change, urbanization, and species traits shapes European butterfly population trends. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35(2), Article e70204. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70204

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The interplay of climate change, urbanization, and species traits shapes European butterfly population trends

Thematic List 2020

Taxonomic list

Policy

Geographic list

Technological

Access to Document

Projects

Managing the Flemish butterfly database

Cite this